Governor of Montreal

The governor of Montreal was the highest position in Montreal in the 17th century and the 18th century. Prior to the establishment of the 1663 Sovereign Council, the governor of Montreal was appointed by the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal. The governor had responsibilities over both military and civil affairs in Montreal.

List of governors of Montreal

This is a list of governors of Montreal.

Governor	Term	Sovereign
Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve	1642–1669	Louis XIV
Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge	1645-1647 (acting)
Charles-Joseph d'Ailleboust des Musseaux	1651-1653 (acting)
Raphaël-Lambert Closse	1655-1657 (acting)
Zacharie Dupuis de Verdun	1662 (acting)
Étienne Pézard de LaTouche	1664 (acting)
Zacharie Dupuis de Verdun	1665-1666 (acting)
Annibal-Alexis or Balthazar de Flotte de La Frédière	1666-1667 (acting)
Zacharie Dupuy de Verdun	1667-1668 (acting)
Pierre de Lamotte de Saint-Paul	1669–1670
Michel-Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand	1670
François-Marie Perrot de Sainte-Geneviève	1670–1684
Thomas de Lanouguère	1674-1675 (acting)
Louis-Hector de Callière	1684–1699
François Provost	1686–1687
Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil	1688-1689 (acting)
Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil	1699–1704
Claude de Ramezay	1704–1724
Charles Le Moine, 1st Baron de Longueuil	1724–1729	Louis XV
Jean Bouillet, sieur de la Chassaigne	1729–1733
J.-M.-Josué Berthelot, sieur de Beaucourt	1733–1748
Charles Le Moine, 2nd Baron de Longueuil	1748–1755
François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil	1757–1760
Thomas Gage	1760–1763	George III
Ralph Burton	1763–1764	George III

References

(in French) Chronologie des gouverneurs de Montréal, 1641-1724, in Groupe de recherche sur Montréal, Centre Canadien d'Architecture 1996–2000
(in French) Les Gouverneurs de Montréal, 1641 à 1724, in GenWeb Montréal, Ancêtre francophone

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List of governors of Montreal

See also

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